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GAMING FEATURE

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WHAT’S COMING IN JANUARY?

TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX EXTRACTION They came from space in a meteor, and they sure ain’t friendly! They’re the Archaens, they’re parasites, and we need to obliterate them! Players will join the REACT team, assembling a one to three-player squad of operators from a pool of 18, and levelling them up to take on the icky scourge in 12 maps set in four different US regions. In a very cool move, Ubisoft promise full cross-play, cross-save and cross-progression between formats, too.

CRICKET 22 This “Official Game of The Ashes” is the follow-up to the Aussie- developed Cricket 19 , and is set to finally deliver a bunch of new things to Switch that are shinier than a brand-new Kookaburra ball. On top of playing the venerable Ashes series, face up at the crease to everything from the Big Bash to overseas competitions, featuring licensed teams from Australia, England, The West Indies, New Zealand and Ireland. Plus, both women’s and men’s competitions feature.

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SHOOTER

20/1/21

SPORTS

28/1/21

PlayStation Controller Shaped Mug

Super Mario 2022 Calendar

Far Cry 6 Antón & Diego Castillo Figurine

POKÉMON LEGENDS: ARCEUS The Pokémon world takeover continues apace, with this latest action meets RPG entry in the long-running franchise. A totally new game rather than an update of a classic, prepare for a blend of action and exploration in the early days of the Sinnoh region, with the RPG roots of the Pokémon series still shining through. There’s set to be plenty of classic Pokémon Poké Ball catching - and tossing your ally’s Poké Ball near wild Pokémon to join in the battle, too!

Halo Outline T-Shirt

Game Boy Heat Change Mug

Activision Pitfall! T-Shirt

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ACTION RPG

28/1/21

Minecraft 2022 Planner

1 What’s the first game that you remember playing? The first game I played was an arcade version of Pac-Man . The first game I ever owned was Gauntlet on the Commodore 64. 2 What was the last game that you finished? I really enjoyed playing through Psychonauts 2 recently! 3 What’s your favourite game of all time? Halo ! The first game launched when I was 16, so the original trilogy really spanned that formative late-teen-to-young-adult period. From dragging a TV and Xbox to a friend’s house for a LAN party to joining up with distant friends over Xbox Live in Halo 2 , some of my greatest gaming memories are of time spent in those games. Even today, some of my very best friends are people I met through Halo . 4 What do you think is the most underrated game of all time? X-Men Origins: Wolverine for PS3/ Xbox 360 was an absolute gem that was cruelly overlooked by almost everyone. 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? I imagine working on Katamari Damacy would have felt like a joyous fever dream.

Creative director on Forza Horizon 5 at Playground Games. MIKE BROWN

DECEMBER 2021

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